Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-01-06
NAMELESS DEAD.
The Freight Conductor 10 Blame for
the Collision on the B. and Oils
Whole Crew Drunk.
Further Particulars of the Wreck as Re
lated by Passengers on the
Ill-Fated Train.
STILL SEARCHING THE DEBRIS.


ductor Haskell of the passenger was in
one of the sieepers and ran forward in
time to receive some papers from the dy-
ing men Pollard and Parks. The piles OF
ashes and debris now to be seen at the
place of the collision are full of bones,
the remains Of jewelry and melted silver
money. Ten of the killed are utterly
unknown. An old gentleman named
Ferguson of BloomGale left Pittsburg
on the express and has not since been
heard from. His son is now looking
among the burned masses and ashes to
find something by which to identity his
fathers charred remains, which he feels
certain are in the black pile Coroner
Lepper will make thorough investiga-
ton into the causes leading to the acct
dent. at present the fearful blame seems
to rest on the crew of the freight train.
OF the fifteen persons known to nave been
killed the following are the only names
thus far known:
JAMES POsTLETHwAIT and two sons,
SPENCER and HENRY PosTLETHwAITE
of Bolton, w. Va.
H. PARKS of Washington.
Fireman FREDERICK of the passenger
train.
FRED PIERCE, express messenger.
Mr. BALLARD of New York.
Ballard and Parks threw their money
and papers out to the conductor while
they were beng burned to death.
FIXING THE RESPONSIBILITY.
TIFFIN, OHIO, Jan. 5.-Tne scene of
the wreck on the Baltimore and Ohio is
fast losing its horrible shape, and by
noon to- day every vestige of the disaster
had disappeared. The track which was
tern up for twenty yards had been re-
placed, the dismantled engines and
br ken cars removed and traffic was
again resumed. All that remained to tell
the tale were few chsrred timbers,
which are being covered to-day
by the falling snow. The horn
bly, burned trunks of the nine
bodies which were burned beyond
recognition have been cared for
by the undertaken at Republic, and will
be kept as long as possible, SO that friends
may identify them. Every piece of
that was not utt, rly destroyed, has been
gathered up to aid in the Identification OF
the bodies. These will be held by the
coroner, who will Immediately institute a
thorough investigation. The RESPONSE
bIity of the accident is now placed upon
the freight conductor Fletcher, who pulled
out of the siding four miles west Of
Republic without orders, intending to
make the siding at Republic for the pas
senger train. He missed his calculation
Just one mile and the ashes Of the IN
known victims testify to his criminal care
lessness. kilograms from many points
are constantly arriving making inquiries
for friends supposed to be lost. Most OF
them are happily assured of the safety OF
their friends.
WHAT THE PASSENGERS SAY.
CHICAGO, ILL, Jan. Among the sur
vivors of the wrerk on the Baltimore and
OHIO who arrived here early this morn
ing Harry Forester OF Baltimore was
the most severely injured. To a reporter
he said: 81 can't tell you much about
the way the thing happened. 1t was
quick as 8 fash, and how | got through
tne millions Of splinters and falling tim
bers don't know. When l got up the
cars were on fire, and l could
hear the people all crying out,
in agonized tones for help. 1 was some
what dazed, but these cries brouaht me
to a realization Of the calamity. The
sights were terrible. There seemed to
be wounded people everywhere, and all
were crying for aid l was covered with
blood from the wounds on my head. !
could not do much to assist. The groans
Of those in the burning cars
were awful. 1 was near the ex-
press messenger, who was xii ed,
Pa or boI oil ba
flesh nearly torn off of one of his legs.
Of eighteen, who got out OF the smoking
car"
Prof Francis Kendall of Crete, Neb.,
said he was sitting in the flrst-class
coach, which was CO pied in the rear OF
the smoking car and ahead of the two
sleepers. Beyond several bruises he was
not hurt
The statements made concerning the
cause of the disaster by the crew of the
freight train are very conflicting. The
general excuse given is that they thought
there was time to reach Republic before
the express arrived. All the passengers
unite in saying that the death of M. H.
Parks, who is supposed to have been cor
nected with the bureau Of labor statistics
at Washington, was undoubtedlYgtfe
saddest and most heartreuding 81 the
whole wreck. When the crash came he
was riding in the smoder. He succeeded
in getting the upper half of his body out
of the coach window, but his legs were
pinned by the debris in tES
window of the car, and there he was
burned to death before the eyes of those
outside, who could do nothing for him.
az shall never forget it," said one of the
survivors. Gas the flames were creeping
closer and closer to him and he came to
the conclusion that he was doomed to the
most horrible of deaths, he pitched his
pocket book to US and gave Us the address
of his mother in Washington. After that
the flames closed arouLd him and We did
not see him again
THE INQUEST DELAYED.
TIFFIN, OHIO, Jan. 5.-Coroner 7. Lep-
per will not hold an inquest for dsy or
two yet. He has arranged with the IN,
dertaker at Republic to keep the bofies
of the unfortunate passengers until Sat
urday. If they are not claimed then, they
will be buried in one grave.
1.-THE FREIGHT's CREW DRUNK. {
CLEVELAND, OHIO, Jan 1.-THE Lead.
EEs correspondent at FOstoria, Ohio, re-
lsfss conversation with man who was
aflhe scene of the wreck. He says: The
geptlemaR'stated to your correspondent
that be talked with the engineer of the
wrecked passenger train. who stated that